Georgetown Day vs. Maret?

[Anonymous]

Better than ending up like PP!

[Anonymous]

Never heard of those schools. What?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maret is not casual liberal leaning. it leans all the way, every day.

I think you may have misread the prior post. It says that both schools are liberal leaning, but that GDS seems to be thought of as being more liberal than Maret (and also more casual, as in... laid-back). That said, I agree that Maret is certainly, clearly well over on the liberal side of the spectrum. As with DC generally though, DC private schools (at least the ones normally discussed here) tend to lean liberal/Democratic - favoring Obama/Clinton, lots of interest in community service, constant push for diversity among students, obvious school admin push to have diversity among faculty (gender/race/ethnicity), absence of religious recognition (i.e., no Christmas trees; no religious-traditional songs at December band/chorus concerts), etc.

GDS has a Christmas assembly, IIRC. I believe they recognize multiple religious traditions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maret is not casual liberal leaning. it leans all the way, every day.

I think you may have misread the prior post. It says that both schools are liberal leaning, but that GDS seems to be thought of as being more liberal than Maret (and also more casual, as in... laid-back). That said, I agree that Maret is certainly, clearly well over on the liberal side of the spectrum. As with DC generally though, DC private schools (at least the ones normally discussed here) tend to lean liberal/Democratic - favoring Obama/Clinton, lots of interest in community service, constant push for diversity among students, obvious school admin push to have diversity among faculty (gender/race/ethnicity), absence of religious recognition (i.e., no Christmas trees; no religious-traditional songs at December band/chorus concerts), etc.

NP here.

Let's accept that everything you say about Maret is true.

GDS can't rightly be said to be "leaning" left. It is squarely, solidly, and forever cemented inside of Hard Left.

It does everything you cite as examples above and takes it to the next level. At the high school level, that means the political/policy/philosophical theme permeates the curriculum, too. It affects what it taught and how it is framed.

OP, when you get further into the application process in the fall, you'll want to be sure to sit in on some humanities classes at both schools, if this topic is of interest to you.

[Anonymous]

I can’t imagine a parent sitting in on classes. Students, sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can’t imagine a parent sitting in on classes. Students, sure.

Then you haven't been on a small student-led tour during the last part of high school admissions season. We observed a biology class, a history class, some phys ed thing and a 10th grade lit class. Last November. We did not sit down in seats and raise our hands, but we were in the back of the classroom for a solid amount of time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maret is not casual liberal leaning. it leans all the way, every day.

I think you may have misread the prior post. It says that both schools are liberal leaning, but that GDS seems to be thought of as being more liberal than Maret (and also more casual, as in... laid-back). That said, I agree that Maret is certainly, clearly well over on the liberal side of the spectrum. As with DC generally though, DC private schools (at least the ones normally discussed here) tend to lean liberal/Democratic - favoring Obama/Clinton, lots of interest in community service, constant push for diversity among students, obvious school admin push to have diversity among faculty (gender/race/ethnicity), absence of religious recognition (i.e., no Christmas trees; no religious-traditional songs at December band/chorus concerts), etc.

GDS has a Christmas assembly, IIRC. I believe they recognize multiple religious traditions.

This is correct. They even play sacred Christmas music at it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maret is not casual liberal leaning. it leans all the way, every day.

I think you may have misread the prior post. It says that both schools are liberal leaning, but that GDS seems to be thought of as being more liberal than Maret (and also more casual, as in... laid-back). That said, I agree that Maret is certainly, clearly well over on the liberal side of the spectrum. As with DC generally though, DC private schools (at least the ones normally discussed here) tend to lean liberal/Democratic - favoring Obama/Clinton, lots of interest in community service, constant push for diversity among students, obvious school admin push to have diversity among faculty (gender/race/ethnicity), absence of religious recognition (i.e., no Christmas trees; no religious-traditional songs at December band/chorus concerts), etc.

GDS has a Christmas assembly, IIRC. I believe they recognize multiple religious traditions.

This is correct. They even play sacred Christmas music at it.

Truth. My DC was an angel. It was adorable. We also happen to be Christian. They told the story of Jesus, complete with a toy baby.

[Anonymous]

Catholics will feel uncomfortable @ Maret.

[Anonymous]

Nonsense

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t imagine a parent sitting in on classes. Students, sure.

Then you haven't been on a small student-led tour during the last part of high school admissions season. We observed a biology class, a history class, some phys ed thing and a 10th grade lit class. Last November. We did not sit down in seats and raise our hands, but we were in the back of the classroom for a solid amount of time

Standing in back for 10 minutes is hardly sitting in, which is what students do on a shadow day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just be aware that it is much harder to get into Maret than GDS. Plan accordingly.

However, you should also consider that the applicant pools for GDS and Maret are differentiated to a certain degree.

A real-world example from the collegiate process illustrates the point. Dickinson College is a lot smaller than Harvard and Yale, so admits it fewer applicants. So superficially Dickinson appears much harder to get into than Harvard and Yale. However, it's obviously not.

How does that example highlight a differentiated applicant pool? it highlights small and selective but that's it. so maret is small and thus selecting based on filling unique holes in a class, and GDS is larger (but still small) and is selecting based on filling holes in a class.

Is the PPP saying that the applicant pool for GDS intermediate/upper school are different than that of Maret? How so? More homogenous, less, from different neighborhoods, sporty or arty, what?

Which school is the PPP saying is more like Harvard and Yale?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Catholics will feel uncomfortable @ Maret.

This is one of the dumber things I’ve read on this forum in a while. And that’s really saying something...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just be aware that it is much harder to get into Maret than GDS. Plan accordingly.

However, you should also consider that the applicant pools for GDS and Maret are differentiated to a certain degree.

A real-world example from the collegiate process illustrates the point. Dickinson College is a lot smaller than Harvard and Yale, so admits it fewer applicants. So superficially Dickinson appears much harder to get into than Harvard and Yale. However, it's obviously not.

How does that example highlight a differentiated applicant pool? it highlights small and selective but that's it. so maret is small and thus selecting based on filling unique holes in a class, and GDS is larger (but still small) and is selecting based on filling holes in a class.

Is the PPP saying that the applicant pool for GDS intermediate/upper school are different than that of Maret? How so? More homogenous, less, from different neighborhoods, sporty or arty, what?

Which school is the PPP saying is more like Harvard and Yale?

Georgetown Day.

But of course.

[Anonymous]

Kids who make Maret their first choice for HS are looking for a smaller school. IME, they are typically nice, bright, reasonably sporty, well-rounded kids with no particular concerns about their ability to find friends and peers within a group of 80 classmates. Students who are particularly focused on finding a large cohort of kids who are very high-achieving academically or who feel themselves to be less mainstream for whatever reason often prefer GDS or Sidwell. Kids in both groups often apply to all three schools because you can't count on getting into any one of them.